Unless you’re hoofing it, though, most forms of travel take some earthly toll.
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Did male dominance put a stop to worshiping female goddesses?
Before the Israelite god Yahweh really made it big, a bevy of other deities shared the stage with him
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When did humans start wiping themselves post-defecation?
Our pressing need to wipe is the result of a significant anatomical difference separating us from the rest of creation
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How do “odor eliminators” work?
The air-freshener people have been doing their best for decades now, of course: teaching us to feel shame about smells intrinsic to ordinary human existence and peddling a succession of new and improved products designed to obscure them
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Why does lethal injection go wrong so often?
The irony here is that the earliest advocates of chemical execution actually got the idea from animal euthanasia
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Why are people afraid of bugs?
There may just be things humans are genetically predisposed to fear because they once presented us with a distinct mortal threat
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Who profits from climate change?
Now, of course, we face a prospect of constant emergency, from steadily rising sea levels to increasingly extreme storms to lethal heat waves
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What’s so bad about polygamy?
Traditional arguments against polygamous marriage in the U.S. have tended to be shallow and alarmist
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Are politicians dumber than the rest of us?
You think he’s dumb? He’s too busy counting campaign money to care
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Can blood be used as an egg substitute?
Is it true that due to their similar protein composition, blood can be used as an egg substitute in baking and in ice cream? —Kathy KUDOS, Kathy. As a result […]